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Show nj jjj. A MT01U-1ILI.IMI tOUJIIsSIO.M:!!. PJBlj n Tiik Utah Commtaalon haa been BJ B holding a aeaalou lu Chicago. Tbat pfl eveuuto Ie n favorlluaiot on which to Rll 1! draw up reiorla lo IheMecri'tary of Iho DfH jl Interior romernlug the altuatlou In BJ- l Utah. Onaol tha Cummlaalou, who PI ;' really kuowa the leaat ahjiittbla Tvrrl- 11 r- tory and tho "Mormon" quvatlon, II ', , aerina very fonilofluiiaitlng what be H jbjl talla"lntormatlou"on tboaeauljectato s! uewapaier reortera. He baa been "In- " Ti terrlewedMniauy tlmvii)audalwa)acon jj,j ttlvta to convey through the preaa ldia flii that are eutlrely Incorreit and lula- leading. They are uaually couched In 4 I language that eahlblta vonablerable I' bltteniMl aa well aa lack Of knowledge I J M' orailealrotomlarrrejvnt. I Iji Tho lI,lberal"nrgau of thla morning ui 'j" has a ewolal dlipatch from (btivigo n I', conejlngwbatpurrU tobereiuarka . ',' niaile by Col. II. H. Itulwrlwn, who la 1 li. J hull to have "made 'Morinoniim' hla I .jjjl am ly audio know mora louden In the I Jj; liurthlbauun) other mau not with- S iy in Ita olu." And hare la a eclnieii , il' ririkeutlou of hla Vonderful ao- jj IjT iiilnmeutt Hoatbteatbat In "a re- 3 p cent luok which be obtained with I Ltl; . areat difficulty, 1'rMldeut Wllford J Hi ' Woodrun', the wily leader of the Mor. 8 ! nton Church," relatca tbo followlug g Mlierlenic: If "llrtthrdn, thatyuu may all cuntlutio fi InVnow that I tlioki.oprr of Ibo keya to . ill tha holy of holloa, and tho aoiUIng or B ' lloancua of Uod, uiu iiomaawl or tUoi BbLJW grat riarr i I liilrtl batula, north aur an.1 avor enlnar eve, I otnio thai I weultoTetinemM alel while aojotiming at a pin not far from HnahrlHe, an aoarel apeareI unto me, pommaml. lug in t i n for re my faith. I waa mndurtol lo Iho mlrenve of a iWk ami glaniny oaae, ordered lo follow my eonilnelora ami tear not. (I, ya of fmll ftllb, llilenl Aa 1 looked, I Ulrtll a ll(btel ro-Mil. The ehano had lHwn In atantanamia. There, crawling over Ibe floor, were myrtada of blaalng, anarllnir, darting reptile-. amVea anl vermin. Tha very air appeared taU of polaon and threatening vnleea. I ebmldered. " 'llnterf MM tha ei'lril. and I ebye.l. InlaUnlly the hUalng inoltra Jumpeil Into tha air. Milking al nothing! but, for the laal lima, their bndlea awelle.1 op and llian there were reporta like pletola, Tbo laallM bad tuine.1 Uaek and luel bnrtfed, No enemlea remained to moleal "Tlial mo preliminary to what waa lo Mall me that dav. In the courao of my travela thai dar I encountered a llaillt mlnlater.wlinoiiightloerilah me. Again Hie aplrlt ordered me In al ranee. Aa I did, the mortal met the fate nftbe anakea. III. tin r.lv-l and blaokeoed bo.ly fall by the wayalde, ele," Tha recent book which Iba vera-clotta7)Commlaloner vera-clotta7)Commlaloner obulneil with ao much 'Uinlcully'' la called "iKavea from my Journal." It waa puhliahcn! tulSeSby tlieuienl'e tnttruclur orllca and hai been on aibllc aale there, at the DrxKiurr Nkus dDIm and the liookatorea ererrlnce. NowMuaaeo bow fairly Commlatloner Itolwrlwn repreaenla wnat tho "wily leiJer" actually wrote In tile ournal aa ) ubllaheil In the "recent Iwok." HIn tha early daya of the C'hureb, It waa a great treat lo an I'Mcr In hla travela through tba country tnflml a "Mormoni" It waa ao with na. We were har lly III Arkanaaa whan we beard of a family uanie.1 Akeman. Wear-rived Wear-rived that night wllhln five mllea ot Mr Akaluaii'a, and wero kindly entartalne.1 byaatranger. liurlng the night I hail the following dreamt "I thought an angel came to ua, and loll ua wo were commanded of the Iird lo follow a certain alralght petn. widen waa jiolnted nut to ua let It lead na when ever It might. After we had wa k I In It awbllo we came l, the door of a bullae, which waa In the line of a high wall running run-ning noitb and aoulh, ao that we enuU (na go around. I opennd the door and aaw tha room waa filled with large aernla ao I I ahuJ Jered al the eight. My torn-miiIoii torn-miiIoii aald he woul 1 not go Inl 1 Iho room for faarnftheaiTpanta. I told him I fthould try to go through tho room though Ibey killed ma, for the Iild had commanled II. Aa I alejipnl Into the ruom the aerpenta coltel thomeelvea nj, and ralaoil their heaja eome I wo (m t from the floor, to eprlng at me. Thure waa onemueh larger than th arret lu the centre cen-tre of the room, which rnlend hla head nearly aa high aa mine an I mado a aprlng at me. At that ln.Unt I fell al lliiogh nothing hut tha tiwer of (lod coald aave me, and I etoud qilllo still. Jlllt before the aerpeul reachod mo be dnipied deu.1 at my feel! alt the res', dropped dead, eeltcd up, turned blank, buret ojicn, took (lro and wero ronaumod before my eyea, anil wo went through tho room unharmed, and thanked (toil for our dollterance. "I awoke In tho morning end pondered upon the dream. Ve took brekfal,end etartod on our Journey on Nunday morning, morn-ing, to rl.lt Mr. Akemau. Irelatelto my eompanlon my dream, and told hhn we ahoul 1 eoe eoinHhl ng atrauge. We had greJl aullnlpatloue of liuiotltig Mr. kutnan, aupioalng him lo Irt a ittumbor of the t'hurcb. When we arrtted at hla houae be received ua very coldly, and wee urn found that ho bad apoaUttaed. He brought railing epouaaMnnt against the Uiok of Mormon aud tho a jlhorltlea of the (lliuroh. "Word waa aant through all the aottle tnenta on the river for twenty mllea that two llormou' preachera were In the place. Amnbwaeeoon ralaod, aud warning warn-ing ai nt to ua lo leave Immodla'ely or a a would be tarred au 1 feathered, ridden on a rail and hanged. I aoonaaw where the eorpenta wero. My companion wanted to Ivuvei I told blm no, I would atay an 1 aeo my dream fulfilled. "I waa commended of the Lord by the Holy Ohoat lo go an I warn Mr. Akeman to repent of hla wlckodnce. I .lid ao, au I each time he railed agtlnat me, an.1 Ilia hat time ho ordered mo out of the homo. Whan I went uut ha followed me and waa very angry, W hen he came up lo me, about eight rod!" fnm Ibo bullae, bo fell ileai at my feet, turned black and ewelled up, aa I aaw the eerpolilB do In my dream, Ilia family, aawell aaourselvca, felt It waetkoJudiftnentofOod upon blm. 1 proaohel hla funeral eernimi." Wherever l'rcaldont Woodruff la known, hla word will ba received tjulto aartadlly in an thing Colonel ltob. ertaoti might ray. And alter the numerous ovldencei allotileil by the I reaa, uf tho Conimlraloner'e ttealru to mlarvjireaetit both "Mormotilatii"and the"Slormona,ii in Utah at least and among tho peopla who nre Uat ac-tiualntiil ac-tiualntiil Willi the artlt a, the vuluv of any allliiiiatlou of tha latter would count for nothing naatalnst thasltu. pie statement of tha found. Tbodream whlth I'naldent Wwl. niir bad and aaw fulfilled was In Atk'iti-i In 1831. Holt la tiy taiy to underatau 1 wbynuneof Iba aip, ra uf remit time In Ientieaececontalnht an account of Ihu orcurrenco. It ComtlllMdouur ltoberlaon Ueallea to amuaorronica at an hotel with elorles alioiit tbo "Mormons" ami tlnlr gullllillil), bo ahould l careful not to nllow them to upponr In j tint. It doea uot add to any one's 1 ermaneiit popularity to l caught lu wilfully nilareprrruntlug ati)liody. And thu "Mormotil" will not nlwaya bo thu victims olprtjudlce aa Ibey are today. Hla estimate of tho nikwea of btt "Monnona" la that they are "an Ignorant Ignor-ant ami fanatical eel, U gotten of worse Unatlca." Wo will nut imlilluli our catlmatu of Curamlaaloncr 1 Itoburtsoti. Hut from thu aoviral ' atlemila be Itaa evllenlly made lo nt Uult and lla 1 iple In n falae lljht laa'oro the eaalern public, we regard blm aa eeveral drgrcea lower llian the moat Ignorant ami fanatlc.il of the 'Mormon eople, who value truth and honor aa more rrclotia than rlchea or position, and wtu; would eeoru to l4Mr falHi wltneea against Ibclr neighbors. |